May 2006
Supporting Your Dog's Immune System
The immune system is a dog’s “great protector.” To be immune (from the Latin immunis, meaning free or exempt) is to be protected from infectious diseases by either specific or nonspecific mechanisms. It is the great protector’s job to respond to infectious challenges and antigenic stimuli from the outside world and respond to them appropriately.
Teaching Your Dog Self Control
Subscribers Only Recently, at a dog-related event, I had the opportunity to witness dozens of acts of self-control. There was the cute Lab who sat patiently in front of a five-year-old, ice-cream-eating child. There was the mixed-breed dog who politely turned her head and moved away when an adolescent Pug lunged in her direction.
Treating Problematic Giardia Infections
Subscribers Only Caleb had been doing really well for a Bouvier about to turn 10, when his health took a mysterious dive last summer. We would learn that he was infected with an intestinal parasite called Giardia. But until he was correctly diagnosed and effectively treated, he suffered and his condition deteriorated.
Is Your Dog a "Bully"?
You can find them everywhere – at dog parks and doggie daycare centers, in dog training classes, in your neighbor’s yards ... perhaps even in your own home. “They” are canine bullies – dogs who overwhelm their potential playmates with overly assertive and inappropriate behaviors, like the out-of-control human bully on the school playground.
Safe Arthritis Pain Relief Products For Dogs
Subscribers Only As the sole practitioner of a small animal practice encompassing massage, acupressure, homeopathy, and custom-blended flower essences, I’m always looking for products that may be effective for my clients’ animals. The most obvious, positive, long-lasting results I have seen have come from the use of acupressure, massage, and homeopathy. Yet when I heard from a third client about a product called “DGP” (short for “Dog Gone Pain”), I decided it was time to investigate.
All Right, Already
Subscribers Only A product almost everyone seems to endorse.
